{{Short description|Canadian poker player (born 1975)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox poker player |name = Isabelle Mercier |nickname = No Mercy |image = Isabelle Mercier2.jpg |birth_date={{birth date and age|1975|8|5}} |birth_place=Victoriaville, Quebec |caption = Isabelle Mercier at the 2005 World Series of Poker |wsop bracelet count = ''None'' |wsop money finishes = 7 |wsop main event best finish rank = ''None'' |wsop main event best finish year = |wpt titles = ''None'' |wpt final tables=''None'' |wpt money finishes=4 |ept titles=''None'' |ept final tables=1 |ept money finishes=5 }}
'''Isabelle Mercier''' (born August 5, 1975, in Victoriaville, Quebec) is a professional poker player.
Mercier originally learned to play poker as a child,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mcdermidagency.com/bookInfo.cfm?bookId=239&userID=6&Auth=197|title=Author profile|publisher=}}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> but prior to turning to a poker career, she earned an undergraduate law degree from the Université de Montréal and practiced commercial law for six months. She then moved to Paris, France and earned a master's degree while working as the poker room manager at the Aviation Club de France, before turning to poker full-time. During her time working at the Aviation Club she was nominated for Staff Person of the Year twice at the European Poker Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.isabellemercier.com/|title=Welcome to Fantasyland !|website=Welcome to Fantasyland !}}</ref>
She first made a name for herself by finishing in second place in the €800 No Limit hold 'em tournament at the Masters Classic of Poker 2002 in Amsterdam, where she earned $53,499.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Master Classics of Poker (MCOP) 2002, No Limit Holdem |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=1236 |access-date=March 24, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}</ref>
In 2004 Mercier won the World Poker Tour (WPT) Ladies' Night tournament and the $25,000 first prize, where Mike Sexton nicknamed her "No Mercy."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Isabelle Mercier |url=https://www.worldpokertour.com/player/isabelle-mercier/ |access-date=April 7, 2024 |website=World Poker Tour |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2005, she finished tenth in the European Poker Tour (EPT) Grand Final in Monte Carlo, earning €23,090.<ref>{{Cite web |title=European Poker Tour - EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final, European Poker Tour Grand Final - No Limit Hold'em |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=8415 |access-date=March 24, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}</ref> Also in 2005, she had three money finishes at the WSOP.<ref>{{Cite web |title=36th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2005, Pot Limit Hold'em |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=8787 |access-date=March 24, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=36th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2005, No Limit Hold'em |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=8797 |access-date=March 24, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=36th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2005, No Limit Hold'em |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=8817 |access-date=March 24, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}</ref> Mercier made her first EPT final table in February 2006 in Deauville, finishing seventh at a final table also featuring fellow professionals Ram Vaswani and Kirill Gerasimov.<ref>{{Cite web |title=European Poker Tour - EPT Deauville, No Limit Hold'em - EPT Main Event |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=14280 |access-date=March 24, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}</ref>
Mercier has her own instructional DVD and appeared in the documentary ''That's Poker''. In January 2008, she released her own biography: ''Profession : bluffeuse'' (Profession: Bluffer), in Montreal and printed in France by Flammarion.
On April 27, 2009, Mercier won the PokerStars' Ante Up for Africa charity tournament in Monte Carlo. The final table included fellow Canadian Daniel Negreanu, Lithuanian Tony G, John Duthie (creator of the European Poker Tour), Italian pro Dario Minieri (who finished third), and English soccer star Teddy Sheringham (who came in second).<ref>{{Cite web |title=European Poker Tour - EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final, Charity Event |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=36654 |access-date=March 24, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}</ref>
On July 12, 2009, Mercier finished 3rd in the PokerStars Sunday Millions, cashing for $115,000.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 15, 2009 |title=Isabelle Mercier New Poker Ambassador For Betclick |url=http://www.onlinepoker.net/poker-news/poker-pros-news/isabelle-mercier-leaves-team-pokerstars-betclick/1616 |access-date=March 24, 2024 |website=OnlinePoker.net}}</ref>
Until 2009, she was a member of the PokerStars online poker cardroom's "Team PokerStars" group of sponsored players.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pokerstars.com/team-pokerstars/isabelle-mercier/|title=Team PokerStars profile: Isabelle Mercier|publisher=}}</ref> By the end of 2009, Mercier left the PokerStars pro team and on December 2, 2009, joined gambling giant BetClic as a consultant for their online poker site.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pokerlistings.com/betclic-signs-isabelle-mercier-35127|title=Poker News - Poker News & Features from Around the World!|website=Pokerlistings|date=December 10, 2019 }}</ref>
Mercier won the very first World Championship of Open Face Chinese Poker in Prague in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Prague Poker Festival, TonyBet Open Face Chinese Progressive Pineapple |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=351286 |access-date=March 24, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}</ref>
Since 2017, Isabelle Mercier is an ambassador for cryptocurrency poker site CoinPoker.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Isabelle Mercier |url=https://coinpoker.com/tag/isabelle-mercier/page/10/ |access-date=March 24, 2024 |website=Coin Poker |language=en-US}}</ref> She regularly plays tournaments and OFC on the platform, and has a dedicated weekly tournament with a bounty to win.
Mercier's total live tournament winnings exceeded $1,200,000 as of 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Isabelle Mercier's profile on The Hendon Mob |url=http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=431 |access-date=March 24, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/5872-isabelle-mercier Card Player profile] * [https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=431 Hendon Mob profile] *[https://www.worldpokertour.com/player/isabelle-mercier/ WPT profile] * [https://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerid=2134 WSOP profile]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mercier, Isabelle}} Category:1975 births Category:Canadian poker players Category:Female poker players Category:Living people Category:People from Victoriaville Category:Université de Montréal alumni Category:World Poker Tour winners